Hospital bed with bedpan administration means



April 2, 1929. c. H. HORST HOSPITAL BED WITH BEDPAN ADMINISTRATION MEANS Filed May 9, 1927 -70 b b6 f 1 Z Y//////// 72 INVENTCR. C H. Horst ATTORNEY 1 provided for locking said trap in position when the bed pan is not 1n use, the bed pan Patented Apr. 2, 1929.

UNITED srA-rizsi v V 1,702,454 P TENT F C CHRISTIAN n. noasnaor LOS .arrenrnsoatiroanra, I

HOSIQITAL BED wrrn BEDPAN ADMINISTRATION ME NS. f

I Application filed. May 9', 1927; ,SeriaLNo. 189,911.,

I My invention relates tohospital or invalid beds, and more particularly to a means.

whereby the administration of abed pan to the patient may be facilitated.

, It accordingly is an object of to provide a novel form of apparatus in which a hospital or other bed has its 'wire mattress equipped with a frameworkdefin ing. an opening therein which opening is adapted to be opened and c'losed by means of a trap connection, of a framework hinged tothe framework of said mattress, means being used with said mattress beingprovided with an opening, into which may, belitted a block, preferably in the form of a truncated pyramid equipped with suitable fasteners whereby said block may bedetachably positioned in said opening, said block being alsoprovided with tabs or strings or-other means whereby said block may beudetachably associated with said trap to close or open the opening in said mattress. p

A further object of my invention -isto provide a novel form of bed panadministration means, preferably associated with one of theparts of the bed, being clamped thereto by suitable clamps, said postqhaving a link and lever construction, whereby said arm maybe swung to one side when said'pan is not in'use, a suitable stopbe ing provided on said post to prevent 'asliding movement of said collar. l

It is also within the provinceof my invention to provide my novel form -of trap with a locking means andan actuating-means for said locking means in the form of sets of toggles and levers whereby said locking means may be operated andthe trapswung toward and away from the mattress-with which it is associated. I

The above and further objects of my invention as will hereinafter more fully appear, I attain with the'apparatus constructed in accordance with the description in the my invention 'ti n specification and illustrated in the drawings accompanyingthe same and forming my application'.

I Reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar parts. In the drawings, Fig. 1 is afragmentary part side elevational and part sectional'view of a bed show;

ing my invention applied thereto,,the dotted lines showing another position of the apparatus,

Fig.2 is afragmentary top plan'view of tion,

. Fig. 8 is a top plan view, on a somewhat enlarged scale, of the trap and the frame work er the wiremattress removed therethe wire mattress equipped with my 'inven- Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the pad block adapted to be positioned on the trap, v

3 Fig. '5 is a'bottom plan view of Fig. l 4,

. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the trap showing how the pad block'may be secured thereto, f

I Fig. 7 is a front elevational View ofthe auxiliary post removed from the bed and showing the parts in elevated position,

v Fig. 8 isa side-elevationalgview ofFig. 7, looking from the right, but showing the parts in their lowermost position, and also the bed pan in dotted lines'swung away fromtl'iepaj- Fig.1) is an enlarged fragmentary part plan and part sectional detail view'of the locking mechanism for the trap, and

Fig. 10 is a View similar to Fig. 7, but

showing the parts infllowered position.

Describing my invention more in detail, the mattress pad'2 associated with the bed 4, which may bethe usual hospital bed, has anopening' 6, preferably in the shape ofa truncated pyramid cut therefrom, as seen bed pan, hereinafter more particularly referred to, is not in use sald opening is adapted more particularly inFig. 1, and, when the I to be closed'by a complementary pad block 8 of the sameconfiguration, so as to 'fit accurately in said opening, the top and bottom thereof being flush with the top and bottom tuberances will result. 1 Said block pad 8 has a belt 10 equipped with .suitablefasteners 12, whichmay be of the s'nap v'ariety,stitched or otherwise associated with said pad b1ock,"so

, of the-mattress pad 2 so no obj ectionableprop tress pad 2.

The bottom of the pad block 8 is also pro vided with tapes or strings 14, stitched or otherwise associated with said blocle-tl'i'e ends of which are used to tie said block to the trap 16, presently tobe more particularly referred to. Of course, any other .means for detachably associating said pad block with the trap 16 may .besubstituted for that just described, and still remain withinthe province of my invention. It will be understood also that both sides of the pad block 8 are provided with a belt and the fasteners 12.

T he wire mattress 18 is-cut away as more particularly shown in Fig. to provide an opening in which positioned a frameivorl 20 of any desired sharp ,to which the wire springs are secured, .J 1.. f ame work being of metal, or any other suitable materiaha-nd to thisi r-ame workthe trap 1:6'is hinged by the hinges 24, so that said trap may be swung away from the mattress in'order that the bed pan 26 may be administered.

The trap $16 is made of a trameworl: shaped to conform w ,;h the irramewor-l: 9001" the mattress 18, and of a size to tit nicely therein seeFigs. 2 and 3), the wire cut away from the mattress being used as part of said trap, it being of course understood. thatsaid trap may be otherwise constructed. As already explained, the pad bloclr 8 is positioned on .said'trap, the tapes or strings 14, passing through slots 28 positioned in the frameworl-z ofsaid trap, said tapes being tied together as seen in F 6..

he trap 16 is also provided with a looking means 30, shown more particularly in 9, tor locking said trap in the frameworlr 20 when the bed pan 26 is not in use. Means are a: so provided ter'not only operating said locking means, but also for swinging said trap out of the way when the bed pan is in use, said means being operable at distance from said trap, at any point desired.

As seen'in Fig. 9, the frame worlr20 is preiierably made out of angle irons riveted or otherwise secured together and the 'lran'ie work of? the trap 16 may be similarly constructed, a o irons 82, rivetedtothc trams work of said trap, being provided -for supporting and guiding the locking elements 34, holes being provided in the angle irons 32 for this purpose. But twvo such 'lo 'ing devi e are shown, but t will ldtllfiltltll rhat any prei'erred number may be employed.

The locking elements 34 are each j'n'ovided with a flange actuated by a spring 8 8, the angle iron 82'. toriningan abutmen 'l'or said spring, which spring constantly urges said locking element into the slots 40 andl42, as seen in Fig. 9, the outer 44 of said elements beingpreferably curved to facilitate its passage. through theslots 4i). and 42,. the lower portion of said devices being flat and this forms an effective lock for holding the trap 16 in closed position. (Ether locking means, however, may be employed instead of the structure just described.

"The means i'iorop'erating the locking means 30 preferably consists of a pair of toggles 46, pivoted to the'i't'ramework of the trap, a link 48, eachconnecte'd to one part of each toggle, and to the devices 34 being provided for operating said devices, theother ends 'ofsaid toggles being connectedtogether by an oper ating rod 50, connected to another toggle 52, pivoted to the operating lever 54, and adapted to'be actuated .thelink 56 and hand grip 58, associated with said lever, which rod functions, w on pulled by the toggle 52, through the link 56 and grip 58, simultaneously to cause the links 48 to withdraw the locking element 34 from the slots 40 and 42.

The lever 54 is secured to .a rod 60,.secrired in any desired manner to the hinged port of the framework of the trap 16, a bearing 62 formed on the bed 4 being provided to s port said rod and permit it to be turned therein so that said trap may be swung away from theopening in the Wire mattress so that the bed pan may be administered, a pairof hooks or otherdevices 64 being provided to hold said lever ineither position.

The bed pan administration means comprises an auxiliary post 6-6, either solid or hollow, and preferably cylindrical, which post may be secured by suitable clamps'68 to oneof the bed posts 70. See Fig. 1'. This feature, however, is optional. On tie auxiliary post 66 a sleeve 72 is mounted both io'r reciprocation or slidingmov'ement and for rotary movement, a bent operating lever being pivoted to said sleeve near its lower end. See Figs. 1, 7 and 8. The lever 74 is prov with a bar '28, pivoted to said lever and to a collar 80, also looseiy mounted on the postttti, so as to prevent-said lever from moving beyond a horizontal positionwhen said lever is moved to the right or left of said post..-

The collar 80 is adaptedto have a rotary movement, and maybe rotated simultane ously with the sleeve 7 2, but said collar is not permitted a sliding movement, a'stop 82,,

pre'iierablv-in the shape of a statioi'iary collar secured to the post 66 preventing'suchirrevement. Any form of step may be provided.

Hinged tothe sleeve 72, and preferably at lower position, is a bed pan supporting arm 84, which arm is equipped with a suitable support 86 of sulfieient size to hold the pan 26, the character elf said support b i immaterial, and to prevent saidarm "from dropping, as well as to insure that said p n will be closely applied to the bottom of the bed, a suitable spring 88 is provided, which spring is secured to the ariii 84 and to the sleeve 72, as seenin Fig. 1. Q

In operation, when it is desired to admin- ..ed with a pair of steps 76 to ister the bed pan. the lever 54 is lifted from the forward hook 64 (Fig. 2) and the hand grip 58 pressed, which pressure pulls the link 56 downwardly, turning the toggle 52, which pulls the rod 50, thus turning simultaneous ly the toggles 4.6, which in turn pull the links 48, depressing the springs 38, and releasing the locking elements 34, permitting the trap Y with its pad block 8 to drop, the fasteners 12 having been previously released. T he lever '54 is now swung downwardly and then upwardly, positioning the saine upon therear hook 64, the trap with its pad having thus been swung close to the bottom of the wire mattress, leaving an open space to the patient lying on the bed. 1 I

The arm 84, carrying thejbed pan 26, is now swung from its dotted position shown in Figs. 1 and 8 so that said pan will be directly under the opening in the mattress. The lever '74 isthen swung fromits extreme left horizontal position to its extremehorizontal right position as seen in full lines in Figs. 1 and 7. This movement of said lever causes the elevation of the sleeve 7 2, and the'arm, to be lifted from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 7, bringing the pan 26 into close engage ment with the hole in the mattress, the spring 38 securely holding said pan in such position.

After the pan has been used, the lever 74- is lifted to its extreme left position, thus low ering the sleeve 72, arm 84- and pan 26, after which the pan and arm may be swung. to the dotted position shown in Fig. 1, the bar 78' permitting the collar 80 to rotate with the sleeve 72, the stops 76 in each case preventing the lever 74: from dropping too far. It will thus be-seen that the amount of drop of the pan 26 is accurately limited. i

To close the opening in the mattress the lever 54 is lifted from the rear hook 64c and swung downwardly, and then upwardly and positioned on the front hook 64," the hinged trap 16 being swung. to to close the mattress, the locking devices being's'napped nto the slots and .42, and the block pad '8 into the opening 6 of thepad 2, the fasteners 12 being snapped together.

.Vhile I have'thus descrlbed my invention with great particularlty,it will be 'clearthat' the same may be modified throughout a wide range. I accordingly do not propose tobc limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, but reserve the right in practice to make any and all modifications thereof that fall within the scope of the ap pended claims. 5

I claim as my invention V I p p 1. In a hospital bed, in combination, a wire mattress therefor, said mattress being pro-' vided with an opening, a trap door foropen ing and closing sald opening, means assoc1-" .ated with said door for operating the same, a pad for said mattress, said pad being pro-' vided with an opening in alignment with said.

first opening, apa'd block adapted optionally to be detachably positioned in said second opening ordetachably secured to said trap door, fasteners on the sides of said block for detachably holding said block to said pad, and means for detachably securing said block to said door.

2. In a hospital bed, bed panadministration means comprising an auxiliary post, a set of clamps for clamping said post to one of the posts of said bed, a swinging bed pan supporting arm, combineds'liding androtary means associated with said arm whereby said arm maybe swung so that said pan will be placed in close proximity with the patient occupyingsaid bed or away therefrom, and

and rotary means. I

8. A bed pan administration meansfor use in connection with hospital beds comprising in combination a post adapted to be clamped to one of the posts of said bed, a sleeve adapted for sliding and rotary movement on said post, a collar adapted to be rotated on said post with said sleeve, means on said post for preventing a sliding movement of said collar, a bent lever pivoted to said sleeve, a link pivoted to said lever and said collar, and a bed pan supporting arm pivoted to said sleeve, said lever functioning to raise or lower said meansfor operating said combined sliding sleeve so that said bedpan may be adjusted to the body ofthe patientoccupying said bed, or said sleeve rotated so that said pan may be swung away from said patient.

and a spring connecting said arm and said sleeve. H

. 5. A bed pan administration means com-- prising a post adapted to be clamped to a bed, a sleeve adapted to beslid and rotated on 'said. post,,a lever pivoted to said sleeve, a

collarlooselymounted on said post, a link connectingsaid lever and said collar whereby said sleeve and said collar maybe. simulta- ;neously rotated on said post, means on said.

post for. preventing a sliding movement of said collar, a pair of stops on said lever for coacting with said link to prevent a further pan supporting arm pivoted tosaid sleeve,

movement of said lever beyond-a horizontal position when swung either to the right or left of said sleeve for raising or lowering the latter, and a bed pan carryingjarm' associated with said sleeve adapted to be raised or lowered by said lever when the latter is* swung to the right or left of said sleeve.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

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